ABSTRACT

Laboratory experiments with human subjects now provide crucial data in most fields of economics and there has been a tremendous upsurge in interest in this relatively new field of economics. This textbook introduces the student to the world of experimental economics. Contributors including Reinhard Selten and Axel Leijonhufvud that s

part |2 pages

Part I Introductions

chapter 1|7 pages

The Trento Summer School

Adaptive economic dynamics

chapter 2|11 pages

Economists go to the laboratory

Who, what, when, and why

part |2 pages

Part II Laboratory methods

chapter 3|7 pages

First principles

Induced value theory

chapter 6|10 pages

Do it

Running a laboratory session

chapter 7|6 pages

Finish what you started

Project management

part |2 pages

Part III Applications

chapter 8|9 pages

Markets

chapter 9|13 pages

Auctions

chapter 10|10 pages

Oligopoly

chapter 11|18 pages

Games

chapter 13|7 pages

Imitation equilibrium*

chapter 14|13 pages

Choice anomalies

part |2 pages

Part IV Student projects